Yesterday I met Dorothy Trethowan at her home in Polegate. This is what she told me… I am 97 years old. I have spent much of my life in Seaford. I was born Dorothy Gretton. My parents lived at a house called Sommerville, Highlands Road, not far from the Catholic Church (I remember the church…
Category: Seaford
Kissing the Queen’s Hand
In January 1858, Queen Victoria’s oldest daughter, also called Victoria ( although her mother called her Vicky ) married Prince Frederick of Prussia. The Corporation of Seaford was so proud that they wrote a “Loyal Address” to Queen Victoria congratulating her on her daughters marriage. The address was taken in person to Queen Victoria at…
Tiny Lewes Letter
My thanks to Mrs Dorothy Trethowan of Polegate for sending me this absolutely TINY letter sent from Olive and Tom in Windsor Crescent, Lewes to Hindover Road Seaford in December 1943. The letter is a tiny folded sheet of paper in an envelope which is about the size of a penny coin! I will pass the…
Quirky Sussex History by Kevin Gordon 